Smoke City

Smoke City是一支英國樂隊。他們的音樂難以歸類，結合了例如爵士和trip pop等現(xiàn)代風格，也借入了很多巴西風格，例如桑巴和bossanova。他們最著名的單曲是“Underwater Love”，1996年非常熱門。值得注意的是這支歌的錄影比矩陣更早使用了“子彈時間”。
在1997年樂隊發(fā)型了他們首張專輯“Flying Away”，包括幾個熱門曲目像“Underwater Love”，“Mr. Gorgeous(and Miss Curvaceous)”和“Joga Bossa (Aguas de Março)”。FlyingAway盡管因為運用了大量元素從light trip-pop到柔和的吉他民謠，已然難以歸類，Smoke City的下一張專輯，Heroesof Nature(2001年發(fā)型)，甚至被眾多粉絲都認為過于怪異，結合了更多的風格，在一些曲目中亦加入了舞曲節(jié)奏。
by Jason Ankeny
Though based in London, the trip-hop trio Smoke City created music with a distinctively Brazilian, bossa nova-influenced sound — no surprise given that vocalist Nina Mirandas childhood was divided between the UK and South America. Miranda formed Smoke City with former schoolmate Mark Brown, with whom she shared an affection not only for the music of Santana and Gilberto Gil but also classic 70s funk; rounding out the line-up with guitarist Chris Franck, formerly of the Brighton-based Brazilian percussion group Batu, the group issued a handful of indie-label singles before signing to Jive Records in the fall of 1995. Their debut LP Flying Away followed two years later, and was highlighted by the single Underwater Love, which became a European hit thanks to its use in a commercial campaign for Levis jeans.